Events

TreePeople Presents events are where arts and activism converge in Southern California – creating a new space to explore the connections between creativity and the environment.

TreePeople Presents is focused on curating experiences that you can’t find anywhere else in Los Angeles’ crowded yet homogenous entertainment landscape. We’re focused on giving artistic communities a space where their voice can be heard to the fullest–diving into what makes them unique and exciting. Be it film screening events that allow us to nerd out on the eccentricities of our favorite creators, concerts where musicians can merge art and activism, or community conversations that explore the natural world around us, events that engage have a home at TreePeople’s S. Mark Taper Foundation Amphitheatre.

We update our calendar frequently; check back for new experiences and sign up for our newsletter to get the most up-to-date information. If you’re looking for volunteer opportunities, please visit treepeople.org/volunteer.

Living Earth, TreePeople and International Anthem Present:

Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño And Friends

We are determining the future at this very moment.
We now know that the heart is the philosophers’ stone.
Our music is our alchemy.
– Saul Williams, “Coded Language”

On December 18th we gather among friends, underneath a canopy of oak and black walnut trees, for a summit of sound between two keystone species within our arts ecosystem. This nightfall is where pen meets drum brush, affirmations of resilience are interwoven with transcendental co-compositions, and where Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends.

All Ages. SOLD OUT. NO TICKET SALES AT THE VENUE.
A Live Recording Session.
We will be outdoors, among the wildlife,
and at the whim of this final week of autumn.
Please dress for warmth, bring extra layers,
and we’ll have hot tea waiting for you upon arrival.
Please be mindful when bringing animals to the venue (good around people and other animals, can handle loud noises, and won’t produce loud noises).

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

6:00 pm

TreePeople and Living Earth Present:

Moonlight Hike featuring AnAkA

Grab your hiking boots and your favorite puffy jacket and join us on the trails for a Moonlight Hike at TreePeople’s Coldwater Canyon Park. Things kick off with a special performance by AnAkA as part of our partnership with Living Earth. Music begins at 7pm with the hike following at 8pm.

TreePeople’s Moonlight Hikes take night owls on a guided exploration of beautiful Coldwater Canyon Park and neighboring Wilacre Park—after hours! Join us to experience the beautiful Los Angeles evening skyline and walk under the light of the moon. We welcome hikers of all ages and experience levels to enjoy the outdoors with us in either a Coyote Crawl, Silver Bear Stroll, or Night Owl Prowl.

Coyote Crawl – Slow-paced informative walk aimed at taking in all the surrounding beauty and sounds. Great for kids and kids at heart!
Silver Bear Stroll – This medium-difficulty hike is filled with fun facts and a rewarding challenge at the end with a terrific view!
Night Owl Prowl – A 2-mile power hike with incredible views that leave you breathless with a sense of accomplishment!

This event is open to the general public at $20 per person. Children under 15 are $10 and children under 3 are free. All children must have adult supervision. While we love dogs, we strongly recommend you do not bring them to the Moonlight Hike.

Cancellations for TreePeople’s Moonlight Hikes must be made at least one week in advance of the hike date for individuals, or two weeks in advance for groups. Cancellations made less than one week before the Moonlight Hike for individuals, or less than two weeks for groups, will not be granted a refund. Individuals and groups can reschedule their reservation to the next month once with no penalty. After a second cancellation we will not be able to reschedule or issue a refund.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

For any questions or to make a cancellation, please contact us at moonlight@treepeople.org.

Friday, December 20, 2024

7:00 pm

General Information

We always encourage rideshare as our parking is limited. Parking information will be sent out with the ticket information. If the TreePeople lot is full, there is limited parking in the neighborhood surrounding. Please do not block any driveways or park in non-designated spots in Franklin Canyon Park. Please note Franklin Canyon Park closes at sundown. Additional parking can be found at Wilacre Park on Laurel Canyon Blvd., which will require an approximately 35 minute hike up to TreePeople Headquarters.

Our Parking Grove is located at Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Mulholland Drive, just a few minutes above Studio City. Look for the green TreePeople sign at the entrance, opposite the stoplight, on the east side of that intersection.

TreePeople is not responsible for personal belongings left in vehicles; please do not leave important items out in full view of your vehicle.

Comfortable, flat-soled shoes are recommended. If you need vehicle access, please let us know in advance and plan to arrive no later than 30 minutes before the performance to avoid any delay in getting to your seats.

Principal access to the amphitheatre is via hillside stairways and mulched trails.

Please check your email to know where the event is taking place and view our map below for orientation.

Your reservations guarantee you seating in either our main bleachers, directly opposite the stage, or in folding chairs around the stage and on the trail overlooking the venue. The specific location of your seats is based on a first-come, first-served basis. The venue typically opens one hour before show time.

All tickets are nonrefundable, so don’t forget to mark your calendars!

Reservations made by credit card are available online or at the door. Depending on the event, tickets may be available at the box office. Admission prices vary depending on the show. Please check individual event listings for more information. We do not accept cash payments.

We provide simple foam pads for your comfort to place on the bleachers. You're welcome to bring your own. As evening comes, it usually cools down so you might want to have a sweater, light jacket, or lap blanket to keep warm. Blankets are occasionally on sale on-site.

There are a number of sites throughout our 45-acre park that are great for picnicking at any hour, some with wonderful views of the San Fernando Valley. You may picnic in the amphitheatre itself. The venue typically opens one hour before the show for early picnickers. Please avoid excess packaging and use the recycling and trash bins located near the box office and throughout the park.

Bathrooms are located on the same level as the main parking lot between the nursery and the conference center, two levels up from the amphitheatre.

Coldwater Canyon Park was built nearly 100 years ago, and persons with ADA requirements will most likely need special accommodations to access our amphitheatre events. Please reach out to events@treepeople.org with any questions or requests, and we will try to accommodate your needs.

The S. Mark Taper Foundation Amphitheatre was built in 1997 with the support of many generous donors including Steve Martin, Bonnie Raitt, Ron Howard, and Johnny Carson. The Actors Conservatory Ensemble (ACE), a volunteer theater company run by TreePeople Director of Park Operations Jim Hardie, co-presented many concerts, play readings, comedy nights and family shows in the venue 1998-2023 under the banner of “Once Upon a Canyon Night.” TreePeople thanks ACE for their decades of dedication to the space and organization–bringing thousands of people together to enjoy programming and the park.

The amphitheatre underwent a renovation funded by the S. Mark Taper Foundation from 2020-2022 in order to upgrade the space with permanent state of the art lighting, sound, and improved seating. TreePeople reopened the amphitheatre with a benefit concert to commemorate the organization’s 50th anniversary with performances by Beck, Van Dyke Parks, Courtney Barnett, and more.

Coldwater Canyon Park Map

FAQs

If you have any issues with purchasing tickets, please email events@treepeople.org.

Programming typically takes place from late spring to early fall. Check the calendar above and subscribe to our emails for the most up-to-date information.

Subscribe to our weekly and monthly newsletter at the bottom of this page or at treepeople.org/sign-up.

TreePeople events are made possible by generous donor support and brand sponsorships. If you are interested in supporting any of our programming, please email media@treepeople.org.

Most events are family friendly, yes. Event descriptions will specifically indicate if programming is intended for younger audiences.

Unfortunately, only the fees that you cover when purchasing a ticket are tax deductible.

Please email events@treepeople.org with a sample of your work/proposal of use of the space.

Rental inquiries can be sent to events@treepeople.org.

Past Events

TreePeople Presents:

Nicole McCabe

Nicole McCabe is an alto saxophonist, composer and educator from Marin County, California who works and lives in Los Angeles. A rising star in the city’s interdisciplinary scenes, she recently released Mosaic, her fourth album as a bandleader, on Ghost Note Records. The LP follows Landscapes on the Spanish label Fresh Sound and her 2020 debut Introducing Nicole McCabe on Minaret. What Is My Porpoise?, the latest album from her electro-jazz duo with bassist and partner Logan Kane, is forthcoming on Dox.

June 14, 2024

TreePeople Presents:

Clueless

We’re thrilled to be screening the 1995 comedy classic Clueless at TreePeople’s S. Mark Taper Foundation Amphitheatre on Sunday, June 16. The screening will begin just after sunset.

June 16, 2024

TreePeople Presents and Living Earth:

Moonlight Hike with Tommaso Cappellato & Lalin St. Juste

Lace up your hiking boots and join us on the trails of our Coldwater Canyon Park for a moonlight hike! The evening begins with a special performance by Tommaso Cappellato & Lalin St. Juste as part of our partnership with Living Earth. Music begins at 7pm with the hike starting at 8pm.

June 21, 2024

TreePeople Presents:

Paddington 2

We’re thrilled to be screening the 2017 family classic Paddington 2 at TreePeople’s S. Mark Taper Foundation Amphitheatre on Saturday, June 22. The screening will begin just after sunset.

June 22, 2024

TreePeople Presents:

Niia

Niia (pronounced Nye-uh) is a prodigious Italian-American musician with a jazz vocal & classical piano background. Her unparalleled voice paired with fully realized songwriting makes her the epitome of timeless elegance and contemporary soul. She has received praise from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Interview Mag, and Harper’s Bazaar. A true creative, her priority is always the art. Philosophically she aims to inspire authenticity through harnessing inner beauty.

July 19, 2024

TreePeople Presents:

FernGully - The Last Rainforest

We’re thrilled to be screening the 1992 family classic FernGully: The Last Rainforest at TreePeople’s S. Mark Taper Foundation Amphitheatre on Saturday, July 20. The screening will begin just after sunset.

July 20, 2024

TreePeople Presents:

Rett Madison

Raised in West Virginia, Madison had moved to Los Angeles to pursue songwriting, where she landed gigs singing background vocals for artists like Lorde and Kate Nash. Pin-Up Daddy established Madison as an artist in her own right, leading her to sign with War Buddha, a Nashville-based joint venture with Warner Records, as their debut artist. Since then, she’s opened for Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Elle King, and more, bringing her distinctive take on Americana to a widening fanbase.

Saturday, August 10, 2024

TreePeople Presents:

Dave Harrington & Friends

Dave Harrington returns to his ongoing project of re-imagining his favorite films with live improvised scores for a special night out and in the trees at Tree People. Revisiting the iconic “Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” Harrington will enlist two of his favorite and closest collaborators, Spencer Zahn & Max Jaffe, to create a spacious, unpredictable blend of cosmic jazz, electronic music, and psychedelic improvisation to score the iconic film.
A special night, a rare live engagement with film for Harrington, and a truly unpredictable and in-the-moment night of music. Believe It !!

Saturday, August 17, 2024

TreePeople and Living Earth Present:

Moonlight Hike featuring Naima Bock

Lace up your hiking boots and join us on the trails of our Coldwater Canyon Park for a Moonlight Hike. The event begins with a special performance by SubPop Records recording artist Naima Bock, joining us from the UK. Music begins at 7pm with the hike following at 8pm.

Friday, August 23, 2024

TreePeople and Living Earth Present:

A Tribute To The Life & Devotional Music Of Swamini Turiyasangitananda Alice Coltrane: Presented By Surya Botofasina & Carlos Niño

This evening is presented and organized by Surya Botofasina and Carlos Niño with love and support from TreePeople and Living Earth. Surya Botofasina of The Sai Anantam Ashram will lead an ensemble playing bhajans and progressive sounds inspired from Turiyasangitananda’s devotional music. Attendees are encouraged to bring an offering of flowers.

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

TreePeople Presents:

Comedy for the Trees

We’re going out on a limb and hosting an evening of comedy to help raise funds for all the work we are doing here at TreePeople. It will be a night of laughs among the trees supporting the people that plant and care for them. Come giggle with us!

Sunday, September 22, 2024

TreePeople Presents:

MALIA

Often described as healing, MALIA’s sounds aren’t just something you listen to, they’re something you feel. Originally from the pacific northwest, the alternative R&B/neo-soul songstress garnered some initial buzz after opening for The Internet’s Syd on her West Coast tour in late 2017.

Since then, she’s amassed millions of streams on her LPs Late Bloomer, Ripe and What’s After, ‘I Love You?’ MALIA’s new album Back in My Body is a follow-up to the heartbreak dealt with in 2022’s What’s After, ‘I Love You?’ — it highlights the healing journey of becoming conscious of the unconscious and the powerful metamorphosis of reclaiming responsibility for one’s life. As if spilling off the journal pages, the lyrical content speaks to re-writing her own story, addressing trauma and healing inner wounds. Years of hardening and buried beauty are addressed in this softening, leading a new found path out of her head and back into her body: a better version of herself emerges.

Sunday, September 29, 2024

TreePeople Presents:

Family Hilltop Tour

The Family Tour is a modified version of our award winning Eco-Tour. Join us for a guided 1.5 hour adventure where we will walk along the trails, learn to identify plants native to Southern California, plant a seedling, and tour the Urban Watershed Garden for a live demonstration of how rainwater flows through our urban environment. And who knows? You may run into the Dirt Doctor, our on-site professional specializing in the magic of mulch medicine.

We invite you to bring your lunch and enjoy a picnic in the park after the tour!

Open to the public at $10 per person. Children under 3 are free. All children must have adult supervision.

Sunday, October 6, 2024

TreePeople Presents:

Nailah Hunter

The LA-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Nailah Hunter has been recording mystical folk and ambient-inspired music since 2019, releasing a series of singles and two EPs: Spells and, most recently, Quietude. Now signed to Fat Possum, Lovegaze is Hunter’s debut full-length, an enthralling album that draws listeners into her enchanting cosmology.

As the daughter of a Belizean pastor, Hunter began her musical journey in the church where she played drums, guitar and sang in the choir. She continued on to study music at CalArts, where she studied vocal performance and was given her first harp lesson. Associating the instrument with fantasy, psychedelia, and dream worlds, Hunter became an immediate devotee, locking herself in a room for six hours a day to practice the instrument.

To make Lovegaze, Hunter decamped to a small coastal city along the English Channel where she began recording demos with a borrowed celtic harp. After being introduced to London-based producer Cicely Goulder, Hunter returned to England a year later to further develop the songs. The resulting collection, Lovegaze, is a bewitching testament to the resiliency of the natural world.

Thursday, October 10, 2024

TreePeople and Living Earth Present:

Halloween Moonlight Hike with Amyrion

Come join us as we celebrate Halloween at Coldwater Canyon Park with a special Moonlight Hike.

Friday, October 25, 2024

TreePeople Presents:

Emily Rose and the Rounders

This five-piece country outfit from Los Angeles serves up sizzling country in the tradition of George Jones, Patsy Cline, and Waylon Jennings without looking too far into the past for inspiration. Songs about grief, lost love, and female empowerment show that even in the darkest of times, we can dance and sing and make ourselves whole again..

Friday, November 15, 2024